The Purpose of this research was to describe relationships between Murdaugh and Verran's (1987) Preventive Behavior Model Concepts in military-affiliated individuals at risk for coronary artery disease. One hundred forty-three subjects were recruited by their primary care physician and were requested to voluntarily complete questionnaires measuring health beliefs, health locus of control, value orientations, and health care activities. Laboratory values and blood pressure were also evaluated. There were significant positive correlations between health beliefs, health locus of control, and value orientations. However, these PBM concepts explained only 13% of the variance in dietary habits, 9% of smoking behaviors, 16% of habitual physical activity, 4% of cholesterol levels, 2% of diastolic blood pressure, 7% of body mass index, and 21 percent of glucose levels. PBM concepts explained a relatively small amount of the variance in the dependent variables within this sample and the results were not clinically significant.

The Purpose of this research was to describe relationships between Murdaugh and Verran's (1987) Preventive Behavior Model Concepts in military-affiliated individuals at risk for coronary artery disease. One hundred forty-three subjects were recruited by their primary care physician and were requested to voluntarily complete questionnaires measuring health beliefs, health locus of control, value orientations, and health care activities. Laboratory values and blood pressure were also evaluated. There were significant positive correlations between health beliefs, health locus of control, and value orientations. However, these PBM concepts explained only 13% of the variance in dietary habits, 9% of smoking behaviors, 16% of habitual physical activity, 4% of cholesterol levels, 2% of diastolic blood pressure, 7% of body mass index, and 21 percent of glucose levels. PBM concepts explained a relatively small amount of the variance in the dependent variables within this sample and the results were not clinically significant.

en_US

dc.type

text

en_US

dc.type

Thesis-Reproduction (electronic)

en_US

dc.subject

Coronary heart disease -- Prevention.

en_US

dc.subject

Health risk assessment.

en_US

dc.subject

Health behavior.

en_US

thesis.degree.name

M.S.

en_US

thesis.degree.level

masters

en_US

thesis.degree.discipline

Graduate College

en_US

thesis.degree.discipline

Nursing

en_US

thesis.degree.grantor

University of Arizona

en_US

dc.contributor.advisor

Murdaugh, Carolyn L.

en_US

dc.identifier.proquest

1336691

en_US

dc.identifier.oclc

22918929

en_US

dc.identifier.bibrecord

.b1753463x

en_US

All Items in UA Campus Repository are protected by copyright, with all rights reserved, unless otherwise indicated.